Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-20
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Postponed, on Account OF the Rain
Until Tomorrow, when 6 VIII He,
GIN ON the Marine Barracks GrOnnds
n the Day In Clear.

Postponed, on Account OF the Rain,
Until Tomorrow, when it VIII Re
GIN ON the Marine Barracks Grounds
n the Day In Clear.
The tennis tournament which was TO begin TO-
day under the auspices OF the Southern Lawn Ten
mis- Association, on the grounds OF the q. 8 Ma
rfne Barracks on Sth street southeast has been
postponed until tomorrow at 12 O'Clock, on &C
count OF the rain. The committee are OF the opin-
ION that the ground Will be In condition for playing
tomorrow, II It is clear. The turf upon the three
courts selected by the committee is compact and
the drainage is good, so that a rainfall does not
soften the ground sufficiently to interfere with
play. In case the rain continues the tournament
VIII, OF course be postponed until the next fair
day II Is probable that the playing may be facili.
tated 50 That the tournament will occupy only two
days. instead OF three But II IL is found TO be i'm
possible 10 conclude the playing on Saturday the
.ooIhsinent will be continued on Monday. The
number OF entries received was Unexpectedly large
being, In Tact twice as many as had been antici-
pated by the committee.
PasLIxISARY ROUND OF THE DOUBLES
The order in which the games will be played
were determined by drawing, which was held by
the committee last evening. As explained In yes
terday's STAR, the drawing was done by the Bag
neI-Wylde system, and resulted In assigning
places for the preliminary round in the doubles as
follows: l. W. Chiffon and Goodfellow vs. Wal
lis and Legare. p Seely and Borden vs. Steuart
and Peter. 3. Colwell and Smith VS. r y Chiffon
and McCawiey. 4. Metcah and Davidson VS., Mil
Nelson and sawtelle. s Workman and woodward
vs.. Menocal and Mccormick. e ParsOn and Ward
VS. Layard and MacLean.
In the doubles the names Of the players were
drawn In pairs, as Indicated in the above table.
The preliminary round still consists of contests be-
tween these pairs In the first or following round
the winners OF No. Will play the winners Of No.
being bye Then In the second round the WIN
ners OF Nos; ! VS. viii play the winners Of Nos;
VS. A, and the winners OF Nos 8 VIII play the
Will De played
PRELIMINARY BOUND OF TIE SINGLES
The places for the preliminary round in the sin
giles were designated as follows: /. W. B. Chiffon
vs. Dyrenforth; 9. Goodfellow VS.. Randall; Z Bon
sal vs.. Wortman 4 X. s. Chiffon VS.. Layard; s. Le-
moyne VS.. Peter; o. W. ". Smith VS.. stuart; Byes-
q wallace, Metcall; D. pavidson; 10. Colwell; II.
McCawley; II. Woodward; Ii Cook; IA. French;
Is. Brown; 10 Miller.
In the singles the first SIX names drawn were
written In order and numbered accordingly The
remaining ten names were also drawn and num-
bered In order, and these players were designated
as "byes. After the first portion OF the prelifni-
nary round, the byes," In the order beginning with
No 1,will play the winners OF the first six couples
which Will exhaust the entries down TO No. -
Then the winner OF VS.. will play No. H. the
winner OF 2 VS.. will play No. II, and so on. The
winners OF this latter round Will then play in the
same order In the two final rounds, when the con-
test Will be reduced TO TWO players and the cham
pion will take the prize.
MEETING OF PLAYERS THIS EVENING.
meeting OF lawn tennis players and those inter-
ested In lawn tennis living in this District and in
southern States Will be held this evening In the
banquet hall OF Wormleys Hotel for the purpose Of
forming permanent organization or the southern
Lawn Tennis Association. This Is the first effort
ever made to organize the tennis players in this
section or the country, and It is believed that It
will result In giving stimulus TO the interest In
the game and IN developing many good players.